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Professor Peter Higgs has died aged 94. The theoretical physicist was best known for his prediction of a key elementary particle, the Higgs boson, which earned him the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics soon after its discovery.Continue ReadingCategory: Physi… Continue reading Professor Peter Higgs, renowned for Higgs boson prediction, dies aged 94
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson, a true “Holy Grail” of science that had eluded detection for almost 50 years. But what exactly is this particle, and why is it so important? What has it taught us in the decade … Continue reading A brief history of the Higgs boson, the Holy Grail of physics
After a decade-long analysis, a collaboration of physicists has made the most precise measurement of the mass of a key particle – and it may unravel physics as we know it. The new measurement differs drastically from predictions based on the Standard M… Continue reading Startling discovery threatens to upend Standard Model of particle physics
Physicists at CERN have measured the life of the Higgs boson with greater accuracy than ever before. Since the legendary particle only lives for a tiny fraction a second, the scientists came up with a creative workaround to calculate the new figure.Con… Continue reading Lifetime of Higgs boson measured to within septillionths of a second
It’s been calculated that dark matter is around five times more common than regular matter – and yet, we still haven’t directly detected it. Many different types of experiments are trying to find it, and now CERN has joined the hunt, testing whether th… Continue reading Higgs boson examined as source of dark matter at the LHC
If built, the Future Circular Collider will be 10 times more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider, and could discover new types of particles. Continue reading CERN’s New Collider Design Is Four Times Larger Than the LHC
After years of attempts, the particle’s most common decay pattern has finally been observed at the Large Hadron Collider. Continue reading In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Observe Higgs Boson Decay into Bottom Quarks
In the foundations of physics, it has become accepted practice to prefer hypotheses that are aesthetically pleasing. Continue reading Physicists Are Misled by Outdated Notions of ‘Beauty’
She was Berkeley’s first tenured female physics professor, and she’s still fighting for equality. Continue reading Physicist Mary Gaillard Has Spent Over Three Decades Fighting For Women in Science
“It was life-changing in the way that the world started to share our vision. The world started to believe with us.” Continue reading The Sound of Two Black Holes Colliding Is Music to Szabolcs Marka’s Ears